Tag Archives: fitness

Everyone wants to go beast mode. Well, I am not everyone. Fuck beast mode, I go straight Godzilla. I almost died, twice. Not once. Twice. I wasted away to nothing, 5’10,” 100 and nothing. How could a person that worked in the fitness and health field, struggle with substance abuse? Trust me when I express […]

I want to share a couple videos with my readers of one of the best souls I have come to know, over the years. She means a lot to me and I will always be in her corner. It was difficult to listen and watch her in her Day 1, video but I was, I […]

I am taking a break from in my day to briefly show my reader / subscribers of MichaelDadourian.com, my use of an app, that tracks my weight training. The app is called FitNotes and no, they did not cut me a check for the promotion. Most people that know me well, or have come to know me […]

It’s a Saturday night and I am trying to get a workout in. When so many people are relaxing for the night or going out on the town, I am entering a workout facility. My long time readers know that I tend to avoid fitness centers for some specified reasons (check out some of my […]

In order to make anything a habit, it takes about 3 weeks, minimum. It takes doing something consistently for 21 days. Usually, new habits are difficult to form because they often require a person to do something, that is out of their comfort zone. If it pertains to fitness, I want to express caution with […]

Welcome to my Fitness Laboratory, located at an undisclosed location! What you see above, is just half of the remodeled room, the other half is comprised of numerous mats and area for resistant band and body weight exercise. Why do I train myself here and not at a public training facility? I enjoy training myself […]

You see it all the time, the progress images from the beginning of a person’s journey, up until goal. I encourage my client’s to take images of themselves, just for themselves, each week. this way they can see their progress. Whether or not they want to share it with the world, via social media, is […]

Muscle does not grow during sets at the fitness studio. Muscle repairs and grows during recovery. Diet, hydration and sleep need to be stellar in order for muscles to grow. How much sleep do we need? Most people agree that people should get 6 to 8 hours of sleep. I find their is a more […]

One of my priorities is to keep my physical fitness going on a consistent basis, despite traveling. I must factor in, how long I’m going to be gone and what phase of my fitness training I am currently in. That’s ultimately going to tell me if I need to take equipment or if I can get […]

Death Bed to Flat Bench In February of 2013 I was struggling for my life in a hospital bed for days. The progression of addiction took me to the last stages of substance abuse. I was not eating and was drinking alcohol to stay alive, as my body needed it so that it would not […]